A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

Two well-preserved charcoal kilns survive in a remote part of eastern Nevada.

Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.